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Show ISil ; SPURNS PEffi OFFEfl American Federation Sees Only Snare in Huns' New Proposal. NEW YORK. Oct. R. The atTltudi of the American Federation of Labor towards the new (ierman peace proposal Is set forth in a Ftatcment by John H. Alpine, actlnc president of the federation, telegraphed tele-graphed here from Washinpt"n to the American Alliance for Labor and Iemoc-raey, Iemoc-raey, whh'h marie it pubfic. The statement follows: "The American Ke leratlou of lAhor believes be-lieves that the recent peace overt urea from the imp.-rln I Germ a n Rovernment are in keeping with all other propoMila of a 5imtltr character that have been prc- iously submit ted. "Tee voice 0 f the American lfibnr meve-rpetu meve-rpetu tells us to iicnore the jenr overtures over-tures and to batter away .1t the enemy !in'i until the road is -:f d r- to Perl! n and a pen e t hen rf fee ted tl:a l will Uai for 0 11 time and rid the world of the evils that hae besieged us for ever four years. "The workers nf our country refuse to be deluded by what we behev) to be this last attempt to ib-ceiv e. We want that the world should be nd of the Iron heel arid the mailed fist. We want peace, but we want such a pace as will injure freedom free-dom and democracy for all the world and for all t imp. "Like the men on the firinp 1 1 r 0 our workers ai home are extending ihem-pftb-pfV to the Mm It of human endurance to the en, that a clorlo::t and hitting pen cr nha!l revolt. "There can be no peace pv. ?pt p-ii h a peace as has hfen en 1 m -i a 1 (1 bv the. pre-M'ilent of mjr country. When he declares de-clares the time at iiand for peace neKotia-t neKotia-t inns lhe workers will be with him In w onl nnd deed Just as they ha ve been frum t.ie heKinnintf." |